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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

Your
Scottish Ancestry values its customers and
strives at all times to deliver a professional, reliable and transparent
service. These terms and Conditions set out our working practices and policies
which aim to protect both customer and us.

1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

1.1Your
access to and use of yourscottishancestry
("the Website") is subject exclusively to these Terms and Conditions.
You will not use the Website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by
these Terms and Conditions.

1.2By
using the Website you are fully accepting the terms, conditions and disclaimers
contained in this notice. If you do not accept these Terms and Conditions you
must immediately stop using the Website.

1.3 References on this Website to yourscottishancestry (referred to as "we/our/us”) mean Alasdair Macdonald and include
genealogical activities owned, managed or run by Alasdair Macdonald.

2. ADVICE

The
contents of the Website do not constitute advice and should not be relied upon
in making or refraining from making, any decision.

3. CHANGES TO WEBSITE

yourscottishancestry reserves the
right to:

3.1change or remove (temporarily or permanently)
the Website or any part of it without notice and you confirm that yourscottishancestry shall not be
liable to you for any such change or removal; and

3.2change these Terms and Conditions at any time,
and your continued use of the Website following any changes shall be deemed to
be your acceptance of such change.

3.3 if we decide to change our Terms and Conditions, we will
update the modification date at the foot of these Terms and Conditions.

4. LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

To provide increased value to our customersthe Website may
include links to third party websites that are controlled and maintained by others
and access at your sole discretion. Any link to
other websites is not an endorsement of such websites and you acknowledge and
agree that we are not responsible for the content or availability of any such sites.

5. COPYRIGHT

5.1All copyright, trade marks and all other
intellectual property rights in the Website and its content (including without
limitation the Website design, text, graphics and all software and source codes
connected with the Website) are owned by or licensed to yourscottishancestry or otherwise used by yourscottishancestry as permitted by law.

5.2In accessing the Website you agree that you
will access the content solely for your personal, non-commercial use. None of
the content may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, transmitted, stored, sold or
distributed without the prior written consent of the copyright holder. This
excludes the downloading, copying and/or printing of pages of the Website for personal,
non-commercial home use only.

5.3 The Client becomes the owner of the commissioned report in its physical form. However, it remains the copyright of Your Scottish Ancestry, and the Client must obtain the express written permission from Your Scottish Ancestry to publish any part of the report in any format, printed or electronic. The Client may make a small number of personal copies of the copyrighted report, but you agree that you will not otherwise publish or make multiple copies of the report without written permission. You further agree that if you make limited distribution of any anything that includes my research, in whole or in part, you will report it accurately and credit the source. All attributions, document footers and copyright statements must be retained in any copy made. The Client should also be aware that the copies of any documents or other materials supplied with the report may be subject to third-party copyright and should not be reproduced or sold on in any way without the express written permission of the copyright holder. We will be happy to help the Client seek such copyright.

6. DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

6.1The Website is provided on an "AS
IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis without any representation or
endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied,
including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality,
fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and
accuracy.

6.2To the extent permitted by law, yourscottishancestry will not be
liable for any indirect or

consequential
loss or damage whatever (including without limitation loss of business, opportunity,
data, profits) arising out of or in connection with the use of the Website.

6.3yourscottishancestry
makes no warranty that the functionality of the Website will be uninterrupted
or error free, that defects will be corrected or that the Website or the server
that makes it available are free of viruses or anything else which may be
harmful or destructive.

6.4Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be
construed so as to exclude or limit the liability of yourscottishancestry for death or personal injury as a result
of the negligence of yourscottishancestry
or that of its employees or agents.

7.1Use of the Website is also governed by our
Privacy and Cookies Policy which is incorporated into these terms and
conditions. To view the Privacy and Cookies Policy, please click on the link
above.

7.2The Website uses cookies. Cookies are small
text files that are created by a web server and stored on your computer when
you visit a website. The Website uses cookies for the following purposes: remember
what is in clients' shopping basket; remember how far clients' are through an
order; remember log-in details.

Further
details of cookies are included in our Privacy and Cookies Policy. By accepting
these terms and conditions, you are giving consent to yourscottishancestry to place cookies on your computer. Please
read the information contained in the Privacy and Cookies Policy prior to acceptance.

If
you wish to opt-out of our placing cookies on your computer, please adjust your
internet browser’s settings to restrict cookies as detailed in your internet
browser’s help menu. You may also wish to delete cookies which have already
been placed. For instructions on how to do this, please consult your internet
browser’s help menu.

8. INDEMNITY

You
agree to indemnify and hold yourscottishancestry
and its employees and agents harmless from and against all liabilities,
legal fees, damages, losses, costs and other expenses in relation to any claims
or actions brought against yourscottishancestry
arising out of any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions or other
liabilities arising out of your use of this Website.

9. SEVERANCE

If
any of these Terms and Conditions should be determined to be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction then
such Term or Condition shall be severed and the remaining Terms and Conditions
shall survive and remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding
and enforceable.

10.GOVERNING LAW

These
Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
law of Scotland and you hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish
courts.

11. UNEXPECTED OR UNWELCOME INFORMATION FROM YOUR DNA TEST

The results of your DNA test may show that people who you thought were relatives, may in fact not be biologically related to you. You may also discover relatives or branches of your family tree that you were not aware of.

Your test results and raw data may potentially have implications for others who are related to you, but unlike you they did not chose to take a DNA test and have this information available to them.

You should view the decision to take a DNA test, and to receive information about your genetic makeup as permanent. Also be aware that genetic science is a relatively new field that is developing quickly. This means that what you can learn from your genetic information in the future is likely to increase significantly, and potentially in ways that we cannot currently predict. It also means that the results of your DNA test are not fixed, but are likely to evolve, and to become more precise over time as further research is carried out.